Labour and Childhood

Labour and Childhood (1907)
by Margaret McMillan

Introductory

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LABOUR
AND CHILDHOOD

"THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS WITHIN YOU."

BY

MARGARET McMILLAN

AUTHOR OF "EARLY CHILDHOOD" AND "EDUCATION THROUGH
THE IMAGINATION," ETC.

LONDON
SWAN SONNENSCHEIN & CO., Ltd.
25 HIGH STREET, BLOOMSBURY
1907

TO THE MEMORY OF MY GRANDFATHER

WHO WAS AS A FATHER TO ME

AND WHOSE GENTLE AND CHIVALROUS CHARACTER

FIRST TAUGHT ME TO HAVE FAITH

IN HUMANITY

CONTENTS
page
	Introductory	vii
chap.
I.	Diseases and their Causes	1
II.	Defects and their Consequences	34
III.	Art as a Preparation	59
IV.	The Projection of Hands	67
V.	The Child-Hand To-Day	73
VI.	The Projection of Sense-Organs	84
VII.	The Projection of Moving Powers	100
VIII.	The Projection of Nerves	122
IX.	The Hygiene of Instruction	138
X.	The School Doctor in other Lands	149
XI.	The School Doctor at Home	182

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